Friday, March 11 2011


Today you are going to join the NetGenEd Project Wiki
-Find your topic and subgroup page
-Add your Name and hyperlink your name to your Ning page
-Search the Ning for new team members

Tuesday, March 22 2011

Today we are going to get into the thick of the project! It's really important that you orient yourselves to the wiki page so please read carefully!

Today's Goal: NetGenEd Wiki sign up and orientation
  1. Review the Citing Personal Information guidelines for the Flat Classroom Projects
  2. Sign into the Flat Classroom Project wiki you should already be members!
  3. Find the Topic Wiki page for your technology trend and read to see how the page is organized and what you will be expected to do
  4. Add your name underneath the appropriate team at the very bottom of your Topic Wiki
    Follow this format: HonorM_ISA, The International School of the Americas, San Antonio, Texas, USA
    Link your name to your Ning profile page!
  5. Check the NetGenEd Team Matrix to see who your teammates are
    Reach out to them on the Ning to become "friends"
    Join the Ning group for your technology trend or create one and invite your teammates

Wednesday, March 23 2011

1. Don Tapscott "Keynote" - "Hey, Moron"1. Watch the video - Is this the dumbest generation?
2. Write a thoughtful response to the question "What is your reaction to the negative characterization of youth today?"
3. Compose your response as a post on your own NETGENED NING PAGE - be sure to tag it netgen_stereotypes
4. Add a comment below the video with a link to your blog post

Thursday, March 24 2011

Respond to at least 5 peers blog posts on the NETGENED Ning (responses) to the opening video. Be thoughtful and look for ones tagged with netgened_stereotypes. Try not to just respond to blog posts from kids from ISA.

Friday, March 25 2011

1. Go the NETGENED WIKI
2. Read the guiding questions for your topic/sub heading
3. Go back to your diigo bookmarked resources and see if they can help you start to formulate a response to the guiding questions
4. Jot down, at minimum, one sentence response to one of your guiding questions on our CLASS WIKI PAGES devoted to your topic and hyperlink to any articles that are relevant to your topic and help answer the guiding question


Monday, March 28 - Wednesday, March 30

Your Tasks

In the next three days, I expect each of you to:
1. Contribute new content to your Topic page on the NetGenEd Wiki
  • You should add to both the Overview section and your Team section (1A, 2B, etc.)
2. Collaborate by improving the content that other students have added to your Topic page on the NetGenEd Wiki
  • You can edit the writing to make it more clear, add contextual hyperlinks where appropriate, etc.
3. Communicate with your teammates about everything you're doing
  • You must add a post to the discussion page after every edit; indicate your team in the subject line (see examples here on the ebooks discussion page)

Suggested Steps to Follow

Here are some things that will help you accomplish your work (do these in whatever order seems useful to you):
Read over your Topic page on the NetGenEd Wiki to see what's already there, what needs to be added, etc.
  • Pay careful attention to the Essential Questions (gray boxes), Overviews of each section (italics), and guiding questions under each heading
Talk to the other 1 or 2 students in this class who are working on the same technology topic
  • See the Team Matrix if you're not sure who they are :)
Read the information about your technology trend in the 2011 Horizon Report and the addition resources mentioned/linked by the report
Read about your Net Gen norm in Grown Up Digital by Don Tapscott (books are in the box on the counter)
Research your technology trend on Diigo:
Research your technology trend and/or your Net Gen norm on the web (I'll show you some strategies for using Google more effectively when I get back)
Use the technology topic pages here on our class wiki to draft your writing (if you want to) before adding it to the NetGenEd wiki

Important Reminders

Important Reminder #1: When you are writing, keep track of your sources (using Diigo) - I will show you how to add wiki-style citations later this week!

Important Reminder #2: When you save and share resources to the Diigo group, be sure to use the standard tags for the project:
  • ebooks
  • mobile
  • augmentedreality
  • gamebased
  • gesturebased
  • learninganalytics

Important Reminder #3: All of you together are smarter than any one working alone - help each other out and keep up the great work!

Thursday, March 31 2011

Rss Feeds


Friday, April 1st 2011

Cite your sources!Learn how to create footnotes on a wiki page
Here's a link to the guidelines for Citing Sources on the Project Help Wiki
Here's a link to the Wikispaces instructions for Adding References to Your Wiki


Add References for the information you've contributed to the wiki
All information you've added to the wiki needs to be cited using a ref tag for each source

Here is the Step-by-step Process for Adding References
1. You need 3 tabs open: the wiki page you are editing, the website of your source, and a citation tool
2. Use EasyBib or Son of Citation Machine to create the MLA citation for your reference
3. Copy the citation
4. Go into edit mode on your wiki page and put your cursor at the end of the information you are citing
5. Type
ref_tag.jpg
ref_tag.jpg
then paste the citation in between the 2 ref tags
6. Copy the URL from the website of your source
7. Highlight the URL in your citation, click the Link button, select External Link, paste the URL you copied, and click Add Link
8. Save your edit and check to see that a footnote appears where you inserted the ref tags
9. Click on the footnote and make sure the citation at the bottom appears correctly with a working hyperlink




Monday, April 4 2011

Class Discussion-Where have we been, Where are we, Where are we going? Focusing on the Project

Tuesday, April 5 2011

New RoutineFrom now on, at the beginning of each class, please check your RSS dashboard
Respond to any messages (Ning & Wiki), take a look at any new resources (Diigo), and read any new content that has been added to your wiki page

Cite your sources!

Learn how to create footnotes on a wiki page
Here's a link to the guidelines for Citing Sources on the Project Help Wiki
Here's a link to the Wikispaces instructions for Adding References to Your Wiki
With your partner(s), practice creating citations on the topic pages of our class wiki
Follow the step-by-step process outlined below

Step-by-step Process for Adding References

1. You need 3 tabs open: the wiki page you are editing, the website of your source, and a citation tool such as BibMe
2. Use BibMe to create the MLA citation for your reference
3. Copy the citation
4. Go into edit mode on your wiki page and put your cursor at the end of the information you are citing
5. Type
ref_tag.jpg
ref_tag.jpg
then paste the citation in between the 2 ref tags
6. Copy the URL from the website of your source
7. Highlight and copy the URL in your citation, click the Link button, select External Link, paste the URL you copied, and click Add Link
8. Save your edit and check to see that a footnote appears where you inserted the ref tags
9. Click on the footnote and make sure the citation at the bottom appears correctly with a working hyperlink

On Your Own

Add References for the information you've contributed to the NetGenEd wiki
All information you add to the wiki (including images) will need to be cited using a ref tag for each source
[[Spring 2011.1 Wiki Editing & Collaboration#|help on how to format text]]

Wednesday, April 6

Continue to research your technology trend-try finding video links (ted.com) about your technology trend this is so perhaps you can see your trend being demoed
Since you can't view YouTube at school, limit your search with the term -youtube.com

Continue to add references for the information you've contributed to the NetGenEd wiki
All information you add to the wiki (including images) will need to be cited using a ref tag for each source

Thursday, April 7 2011

Images can convey a message as vividly and often times with more clarity than words
Your task to today is to find a Creative Commons licensed image that fits your topic and save it to your wiki topic page
How Does Creative Commons Work?Building on the Past
This video created by Justin Cone won the Creative Commons Moving Images Contest

How Does Creative Commons Relate to 21st Century Global Leadership?

A Shared Culture


What are the different kinds of Creative Commons licenses?

**Here they are**

Where can I find Creative Commons licensed work?

**Use the search engine** provided on the **Creative Commons website**
Or search the **content directories for audio, video, image, and text sources**
What Do I Need to Do Today?
Find a Creative-Commons-licensed image related to your technology topic
Add it to your wiki page with a citation: "image title" CC by username on Website (Flickr, etc.)

**Google Advanced Image Search** (select Usage Rights and pull down the licensing options in the bottom right-hand corner)

**Flickr's Creative Commons Portal**
**Flickr Creative Commons - Attribution Only Search**
**Library of Congress photostream** on Flickr

**Compfight** (be sure to select CC next to the search bar)
**Behold**
**FlickrStorm** (save CC images with a URL)
**FlickrCC**

Friday, April 8th 2011

Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers need to **fill out this form** each week

Monday, April 11th 2011

Sit with your technology partner(s)
Write/draw a brief explanation of your technology at the top of your paper
Define your Net Gen characteristics around the edges of you paper
Write the word EDUCATION in the middle of your paper

Gallery Walk - Marker Talk
Travel to each station with your partner
Spend 10 minutes thinking about their technology and Net Gen characteristics
Add ideas about how these can be used in education

Tuesday, April 12th 2011

Before we begin work with computers today:
Step 1: Go back to your poster-what are you thinking now about your topic and potential ideas for education? Share out to the class-

Step 2:Check your RSS (Netvibes) Dashboard! Respond and contribute to the work and conversations that have been happening on your team

Step 3: Check the NETGENED Diigo-what kinds of resources have your teammates found-have you checked them out?

Step 4: Go to the NETGENED Wiki-what can you add today from your experiences/investigation?

Wednesday, April 13th 2011

Story(board) Time

Share your video pitches with your classmates
Develop your own video story idea and create a storyboard